Turkey Tracks Quilt

Hello everyone! I’m Becky from Patchwork Posse. Today I am going to show you how to sew up the Turkey Tracks Lap Quilt Top. I love quilts….especially lap sized ones. They don’t take as long to sew up, are great for gifts, and are handy to have around the house for a quick snuggle and use.

Great for any time or season. Bright colors and prints would also work great. Just make sure that your dark and medium fabrics are contrasting enough- so the blocks stand out and don’t get lost.

This quilt is a bit tricky, but I will show you a quick piecing technique for the flying geese to speed up your construction time.

Dark Block:
Draw a line from corner to corner on the wrong side of the 2 1/2″ square
1) Place the small background 2 1/2″ square right sides on one corner of the 4 1/2″ dark square
2) Sew on drawn line, cut off remainder triangle and iron

Flying Geese Blocks:
Draw a line from corner to corner on the wrong side of the 2 1/2″ squares
1) Place the 2 1/2″ squares at opposite corners of the background square
2) Sew on either side of the drawn line
3) Cut on drawn line and iron
4) Place a 2 1/2″ square in the last corner of the background
5) Sew on either side of the drawn line
6) Cut on drawn line and iron
Square these to 4 1/2″ X 2 1/2″

Sashings:
1) Sew 6 1/2″ X 2 1/2″ on either side of a red 2 1/2″ square
Repeat for a total of 9
Set aside the remainder background pieces- will be used later

Piano Keys:
1) Sew 23 keys (5″ X 2 1/2′ ) side by side
2) Repeat for a total of 4
3) Sew the corner 5″ X 5″ squares to either ends of 2 sets- set aside

Block construction:
1) Sew single flying geese to the dark block
2) Sew the section from step 1 to the side of the block
Repeat until you have 36 blocks

Becky Jorgensen is the designer and owner of PatchworkPosse.com.She started her sewing journey at age 8 – with a stitched sampler to show for it.Sewing has always been part of her life, but when her first child was born it blossomed into her career.Becky is president of a local quilt group and is a member of the Utah Quilt Guild.She also teaches quilt classes and machine quilts. Becky has been published in Primitives Magazine, Craft Ideas, and Fat Quarterly.In addition she is a designer for Andover Fabrics, Thermoweb, The Ribbon Retreat, Moda Bake Shop and others. Exploring new techniques, ideas and mediums, Becky is always trying something new and pushing the boundaries in quilts, plushies, dolls and more.

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